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Recent Articles

Unequal Justice: Why Federal Courts Should Adopt the Individualized Approach to Sentencing Defendants Convicted of Drug Conspiracy

72 Am. U. L. Rev. F. 19 (2022).

By Alexis S. Hughes
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Response to Wasserman And Rhodes: The Texas S.B. 8 Litigation and “Our Formalism”

72 Am. U. L. Rev. F. 1 (2022).

By B. Jessie Hill*
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Lawmaking Without Law: How Overreliance on Economics Fails Financial Regulation (and what to Do About It)

71 Am. U. L. Rev. 2111 (2022).

By Steven L. Schwarcz* & Theodore L. Leonhardt**
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Misinformation About Marijuana: Commercialization, Consolidation, and the New First Amendment

71 Am. U. L. Rev. 2157 (2022).

By David Angelatos*
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First Amendment Challenges to State Vaccine Mandates: Why the U.S. Supreme Court Should Hold that the Free Exercise Clause Does Not Require Religious Exemptions

71 Am. U. L. Rev. 2243 (2022).

By Donna M. Gitter*
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Survival Voting and Minority Political Rights

71 Am. U. L. Rev. 2319 (2022).

By Douglas M. Spencer,* Lisa Grow Sun,** Brigham Daniels,† Chantel Sloan,‡ Natalie Blades§
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Defining “Habitat” Post-Weyerhaeuser: Critical Habitat Regulations Under the Endangered Species Act Must Promote Species Recovery

71 Am. U. L. Rev. 2465 (2022).

By Nate McCabe*
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Florida Court Fees Cost the Vote

71 Am. U. L. Rev. F. 215 (2022).

By Annemarie Gregoire
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The Racial Justice Imperative to Reimagine Immigrant Children’s Rights: Special Immigrant Juveniles as a Case Study*

71 Am. U. L. Rev. 1779 (2022).

By Dalia Castillo-Granados,** Rachel Leya Davidson,*** Laila L. Hlass,**** & Rebecca Scholtz*****
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A Critical Race Theory Approach to Children’s Rights

71 Am. U. L. Rev. 1855 (2022).

By Jessica Dixon Weaver*
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